Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy
History. Art. And the Great Outdoors.
We’ll plan to meet at First United Methodist Church in Franklin at 1pm before heading out to clean up at Bartram Trail trailheads. This is a program for those looking to get involved with limited time. We will meet in the early afternoon to divide and conquer some minor clean up and trail head maintenance. […]
This month's section of trail would normally take us down Hickory Knoll Road toward the Fairgrounds, but we'll be paddling the river into town instead! This is a serene 4-5 hour float on the Little Tennessee from Hickory Knoll Rd Trailhead to Tassee Shelter, and takes us even closer to the path William Bartram is […]
Join the Bartram Trail and the Orianne Society for an event at Black Rock Mountain State Park to learn about and celebrate the Timber Rattlesnake. We will be screening the Orianne Society film, Rattled, which documents the story of conserving Timber Rattlesnakes in the Appalachian mountains. We will also be spending time in the woods […]
For a few years, Alarka Expeditions has been helping with the Honoring the Long Man Clean Up on the Oconaluftee River with the EBCI. This is an invitation to you, to join the Alarka/Bartram group on Friday, September 6th. If you are interested, let Angela know that you want to be in our group and […]
Come join us and give back to the trail by volunteering with us on our Second Saturday Workday! Location is TBD. We'll plan to meet at the location at 9am and work until 3pm. Email us directly if you would like to carpool. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds […]
Come join us and give back to the trail by volunteering with us on our Third Friday Workday! This week we will be meeting at Warwoman Dell at 8:30am and likely won't be back at the cars until 4pm. We will be helping the SECC trail crew near Wilson Gap. Email us directly if you […]
We’ll plan to meet at First United Methodist Church in Franklin at 1pm before heading out to clean up at Bartram Trail trailheads. This is a program for those looking to get involved with limited time. We will meet in the early afternoon to divide and conquer some minor clean up and trail head maintenance. […]
This month we'll be going to be hiking the new(ish) reroute that takes us along the greenway and through the town of Franklin. We'll meet at the First United Methodist Church at 1pm to hike the 7 miles along the river to end up at the Lazy Hiker for drinks at the end of the […]
We will be making up our hurricaned out hike from last month on the second Friday of October. We’re be going to be hiking the new(ish) reroute that takes us along the greenway and through the town of Franklin. We’ll meet at the First United Methodist Church at 1pm to hike the 7 miles along […]
This Saturday we will be meeting at Warwoman Dell on Warwoman Road at 9AM to work the Georgia section of the trail. We'll divide into teams to cut blowdowns and document work needs. NC should be opening soon, but we know of many problems on the GA section and we'll be focusing there. Bring gloves, […]
This Friday we will be meeting at Russell Bridge at the Bartram's starting point on the SC line. The trail in Georgia has a tremendous amount of work to be accomplished following the storm. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. We will […]
This month we will be starting at Wallace Branch and hiking up to and connecting with the Trimont Ridge Trail, which takes us back to the old state prison on Co-op Road. From there we will take the sidewalk back to the Lazy Hiker. This hike takes us through some beautiful cove forest and alongside […]
